Docking station
The application discloses a docking station including a base and a clamp member. The base includes a seat, and an extension portion connected to the seat and extending upwards. The clamp member is assembled at the extension portion, and includes a body, a hook portion and a resilient element. The body is assembled at the extension portion. The hook portion is provided at an end portion of the body. The resilient element is provided at the body and is near the hook portion. When the hook portion receives a force, the body is elastically deformed and drives the resilient element to produce an elastic restoring force; when the hook portion does not receive a force, the elastic restoring force of the resilient element drives the body to restore to an initial position.
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The present invention relates to a docking station, and more particularly to a docking station performing clamping through an elastic restoring force.
Description of the Prior ArtWith the development of technologies, various types of electronic devices commonly and indispensably exist in people's lives. Thus, portable electronic devices, such as tablet computers or smart phones, are more frequently used and favored by users compared to laptop computers.
To alleviate the burden of users carrying portable electronic devices, portable electronic devices generally have simple mechanisms and are small in volume and light in weight, as main features thereof. Hence, readily portable electronic devices are not usually equipped with stands or frames that can be erected in a utilization environment. When a user needs to use a portable electronic device for an extended period of time or at a fixed location, the electronic device needs to be mounted on a docking station, which then supports the electronic device for further use of the user. However, the Applicant considers that commercially available docking stations still suffer from issues of having complicated structures and requiring rather complex user operations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present application discloses a docking station including a base and a clamp member. The base includes a seat, and an extension portion connected to the seat and extending upwards. The clamp member is assembled at the extension portion, and includes a body, a hook portion and a resilient element. The body is assembled at the extension portion. The hook portion is provided at an end portion of the body. The resilient element is provided at the body and near the hook portion. When the hook portion receives a force, the body is elastically deformed and drives the resilient element to produce an elastic restoring force; when the hook portion does not receive a force, the elastic restoring force of the resilient element drives the body to restore to an initial position.
Thus, the clamp member of the present application becomes located away from the base when receiving a force, so as to allow an electronic device to be placed between the clamp member and the base. Further, after the force is released when the electronic device is placed between the clamp member and the base, the clamp member is elastically restored to the initial position to clamp the electronic device, providing convenient operations.
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In one embodiment, a direction perpendicular to the first direction D1 is defined as a second direction D2, along which the joined position of the seat 11 and the extension portion 12 extends. As such, a stable perpendicular seat body form is formed between the seat 11 and the extension portion 12. It should be noted that, the seat 11 and the extension portion 12 are not limited to being perpendicularly connected.
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Further, in this embodiment, the first trunk section 211 of the body 21 is attached at the extension portion 12, the second trunk section 212 is only partially attached at the extension portion 12, and a free end of the second trunk section 212 is an in-air free end. Accordingly, the section trunk section 212 of the body 21 of the clamp member 20 can be easily deformed when receiving a force.
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In this embodiment, the stop portion 13 of the base 10 has a slot 132, in which the screw hole 131 is located. The slot 132 has a slot depth, and a sleeve length exists between two ends of the sleeve tube 213 of the clamp member 20, wherein the sleeve length is greater than the slot depth. As such, when the clamp member 20 is assembled at the base 10, the second trunk section 212 of the clamp 20 leans and abuts against the slot 132 of the base 10 by one end of the sleeve tube 213 having the abutting wall 2131, whereas the remaining part of the second trunk section 212 and the stop portion 13 of the base 10 are in a distanced state. Accordingly, the area by which the second trunk section 212 of the clamp member 20 leaning against and attaching the stop portion 13 of the base 10 is reduced, allowing the elastic deformation and displacement to more easily take place when the second trunk section 212 receives a force and ensuring utilization convenience.
In one embodiment, to ensure that the appearance of the electronic device E assembled is free from scratch, the material of the hook portion 22 may be different from the material of the body 21. Further, the hardness of the material of the hook portion 22 may be less than the hardness of the material of the body 21. More specifically, the material of the body 21 may be a plastic material, and the material of the hook portion 22 may be, for example but not limited to, rubber or silicone. Thus, when the user wishes to accommodate the electronic device E into the clamp space S between the hook portion 22 and the stop portion 13, it is ensured that the hook portion 22 does not scratch the appearance of the electronic device E while the electronic device E applies a force and contacts the hook portion 22.
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While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. Various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures made by a person skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention are encompassed within the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention therefore should be accorded with the broadest interpretation of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A docking station, comprising:
- a base, comprising a seat, an extension portion connected to the seat and extending upwards, and a stop portion connected to the extension portion and extending along an angle position;
- a clamp member, assembled at the extension portion, the clamp member comprising: a body, assembled at the extension portion; a hook portion, provided at an end portion of the body, wherein a clamp space exists in the angle direction between a free end of the stop portion and the hook portion; and a resilient element, provided at the body and near the hook portion;
- wherein, when the hook portion receives a force, the body becomes elastically deformed and drives the resilient element to produce an elastic restoring force; when the hook portion does not receive the force, the elastic restoring force of the resilient element drives the body to restore to an initial position.
2. The docking station according to claim 1, wherein the hook portion and the body are made of different materials.
3. The docking station according to claim 1, wherein the seat of the base further comprises a groove.
4. The docking station according to claim 3, wherein the seat of the base further comprises two side stop portions, and the side stop portions are adjacent to the groove.
5. The docking station according to claim 1, wherein the body comprises a first trunk section and a second trunk section, the first trunk section is fastened at the extension portion, and an included angle exists between the first trunk section and the second trunk section.
6. The docking station according to claim 5, further comprising a force receiving member, the resilient element is a compression spring, one end of the force receiving member is fixed at the extension portion and one other end has a head portion, the resilient element sleeves between the two ends of the force receiving member, the second trunk section of the body movably sleeves the force receiving member, and two ends of the resilient element are respectively abutted against the body and the head portion.
7. The docking station according to claim 5, wherein the extension portion has an indentation, in which the first trunk section of the body is accommodated.
8. A docking station, comprising:
- a base, comprising a seat, and an extension portion connected to the seat and extending upwards;
- a clamp member, assembled at the extension portion, the clamp member comprising: a body, assembled at the extension portion, wherein the body comprises a first trunk section and a second trunk section, the first trunk section is fastened at the extension portion, and an included angle exists between the first trunk section and the second trunk section; a hook portion, provided at an end portion of the body; and a resilient element, provided at the body and near the hook portion;
- wherein, when the hook portion receives a force, the body becomes elastically deformed and drives the resilient element to produce an elastic restoring force; when the hook portion does not receive the force, the elastic restoring force of the resilient element drives the body to restore to an initial position.
9. The docking station according to claim 8, wherein the hook portion and the body are made of different materials.
10. The docking station according to claim 8, wherein the seat of the base further comprises a groove.
11. The docking station according to claim 10, wherein the seat of the base further comprises two side stop portions, and the side stop portions are adjacent to the groove.
12. The docking station according to claim 8, further comprising a force receiving member, the resilient element is a compression spring, one end of the force receiving member is fixed at the extension portion and one other end has a head portion, the resilient element sleeves between the two ends of the force receiving member, the second trunk section of the body movably sleeves the force receiving member, and two ends of the resilient element are respectively abutted against the body and the head portion.
13. The docking station according to claim 8, wherein the extension portion has an indentation, in which the first trunk section of the body is accommodated.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 11, 2018
Date of Patent: Oct 29, 2019
Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Hsinchu County)
Inventor: Kuo-Heng Cheng (Taipei)
Primary Examiner: Lisa Lea-Edmonds
Application Number: 16/157,452